Betty Driver Memorial Soapstar Superstar Thread

[tracy 2,392]

Peter Martin of Royle Family and Emmerdale dead. A unique DDP pick.

[time 8,592]

2 hours ago, tracy said:

Peter Martin of Royle Family and Emmerdale dead. A unique DDP pick.

That's his Jewson lot.

[Imelda 621]

51 minutes ago, time said:

That's his Jewson lot.

 

Should have been able to build his own coffin for nowt, at least

[The Old Crem 3,582]

On 13/04/2023 at 20:42, alt obits guy said:

Kate Keltie claims remain puzzling: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11967095/Neighbours-fans-bewildered-soap-star-Kate-Keltie-37-recovered-aggressive-cancer.html

I'm getting Ryan Buell vibes. (Claimed to have pancreatic cancer. Seem to remember allegations of a family member speaking years later suggesting Buell had been ill, but not with pancan.)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12020577/Kate-Keltie-New-details-Neighbours-stars-miraculous-recovery-stage-4-breast-cancer.html
Her hospital is quoted as saying she did have Breast Cancer 

[msc 18,437]

There's a clear difference between getting actual treatment in a world renowned cancer hospital, and just claiming you had cancer but never getting treatment (Buell) for it. We've seen folk make full recoveries from bad situations, misdiagnosis's, and folk who last longer than expected by smoking lots of weed, painting and having outdoor sex (RIP Brackers you mad bastard). 

 

We've also seen folk die stunningly quickly from treatable cancers. People are strange, no one really knows how they'll react to treatment till it happens. 

 

Key point in the Keltie case is it appears to be experimental treatment that has worked in this case far better than expected. We don't know what that means long term, though. 

[Windsor 2,233]

On 26/04/2023 at 16:11, tracy said:

Peter Martin of Royle Family and Emmerdale dead. A unique DDP pick.

 

Genuinely thought he was already dead.

[RIP Wee Jum 1,559]

1 hour ago, Windsor said:

 

Genuinely thought he was already dead.

So did I

 

 

[Grimgrass 514]

On 12/06/2022 at 13:04, Grimgrass said:

 

Halliwell is definitely a good shout. He has been looking and sounding quite frail after the heart surgery he had couple of years back and he doesn't really appear that much in the soap anymore.

 

Steve Halliwell looking and sounding unwell on last Thursday's Emmerdale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybefGCLefZI

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Jacklyn Zeman, who had played nurse Bobbie Spencer on General Hospital since 1977, has died. She was 70.

 

https://deadline.com/2023/05/jackie-zemen-dies-general-hospital-actress-1235362859/

[mollyafox 455]

Gerald Castillo of General Hospital dead at 90. 
 

https://people.com/gerald-castillo-dead-7503787

[Dead Wait 1,129]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-casualty-star-derek-thompson-30109603
 

Charlie Fairhead to leave Casualty after 37 years.

 

Just sayin’…..

[The Old Crem 3,582]

Kate Keltie is returning to acting and to Neighbours for a guest stint. Which is incredible if she did fake her cancer. 

[Grim Up North 3,725]

1 hour ago, The Old Crem said:

Kate Keltie is returning to acting and to Neighbours for a guest stint. Which is incredible if she did fake her cancer. 

Did Neighbours fake its own death?

[alt obits guy 3,371]

On 11/02/2023 at 05:28, The Old Crem said:

Cody Longo, Days of your Lives actor found dead aged 34. Daily Mail, TMZ Independent

Cody Longo cause of death revealed to be alcohol abuse: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12210997/Days-Lives-actor-Cody-Longo-died-result-alcohol-abuse-according-coroners-report.html

[Grimgrass 514]

On 07/05/2023 at 20:12, Grimgrass said:

 

Steve Halliwell looking and sounding unwell on last Thursday's Emmerdale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybefGCLefZI

Steve Halliwell's character Zak is being given a declining health storyline. Possible retirement pending?

Spoiler

 

[Thatcher 2,386]

On 25/04/2022 at 11:51, The Old Crem said:

According to a post on Facebook Meg Johnson (Pearl in Emmerdale for 17 years) is in a care home and has retired from acting.

Meg Johnson has died aged 86.

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,028]

5 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

Meg Johnson has died aged 86.

Losing her husband a few months back looks to have finished her off then.

[The Old Crem 3,582]

13 minutes ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

Losing her husband a few months back looks to have finished her off then.

Depends if she was aware of it. The statement from her family confirms she had been suffering  from Dementia for several years. 

[Sean 6,311]

1 hour ago, Thatcher said:

Meg Johnson has died aged 86.

A unique for my  DDP soap theme team.

[The Old Crem 3,582]

On 20/06/2023 at 21:11, Grimgrass said:

Steve Halliwell's character Zak is being given a declining health storyline. Possible retirement pending?

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Seems like it was just a way to have him use a mobility scooter on screen and explain why he no longer can walk on screen. 

[Gisooo 3,302]

Jeffrey Carlson (Wiki), actor known for his role as the transgender character, Zoe on the long-running daytime soap opera All My Children dead at 48

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

5 minutes ago, Gisooo said:

Jeffrey Carlson (Wiki), actor known for his role as the transgender character, Zoe on the long-running daytime soap opera All My Children dead at 48

 

Best (only) known to me for this incongruous moment that was briefly viral in the very early days of YouTube:

 

[polar duck 866]

Andrea Evans (One Life To Live, The Young And The Restless)  dead at 66.

[YoungWillz 21,026]

Report of the death of theatre and TV actor Russell Dixon, who had 3 roles in Coronation Street most notably as Harry Potts a crooked Councillor who was an enemy of Alf Roberts in the early 90s: 

Smaller roles in Eastenders and Emmerdale. Crown Court, Heartbeat and Shelley. Toured with the RSC and the National Thatre.

[Gisooo 3,302]

British actress Bronwen Booth (IMDb) who appeared in American drama soap operas like Nurse Jackie, Law and Order: Criminal Intent and One Life to Live dead at 59 from cancer

 

Also played the lead role in Kayla (1999)